Improvement in dumping-wagon



@uitrit faire',l gettatil @ff-irs.

1mm Parent No. 76,192. dated Mwah si, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN DUMPING-WAGON.

itlgsrlgshule rtfrrtr in in tigen tants @dem :mh limiting part n'fflge tame.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JOH HOLMES, of Johnson, county of Lamoille, and State of Vermont, have invented Improvements in Dumping-Wagons; and I hereby declare theA following to be an exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and .to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part ofthis specification, in whicl1 Figure 1 is a. side elevation of the body of the wagon.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view, and

Figure 3 is a. view of the under side of the body:

The nature of my invention, consists in the arrangement,construction, and combination of the'side levers, side springs, rollers, and falling gates or bottom doors.

A A represent the springs on both sides of the body B, the bottom of the spring having a. ledge, C, for the cross-barD of the falling gate E to'rest on. his ledgeA or o'set C, by means of the cross-bar D, supports the gate E, and holds cach gate in its place, lso `as to form a firm bottom to the body. To the points ofitheV springs A A are attached short-connections, straps, or ropes, F, that connect the points of springs A to the lower ends of levers G. These levers 'G operate on each Vside of the body, being fastened to the'ends of rollers H thatv pass across the bottom of the body, and are the hingesof the falling doors or gates E. The rollers H are held permanently to the lower edges of the body by clips, J, and to the gates E by clips K, the rollers revolving in the clips J and K, and when any one of the gates E is to be opened to discharge the load, thelever G is pressed towards the top of the spring, which drn's back the point of the spring A, and draws awaynthe support C from the cross-bar D, and the gate E instantly falls. LL are the end boards of the body.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The arrangement of the levers G, connections F, and springs A1rith their olsets C, when constructed combined, and operating as herein described, and forthe purpose set forth.

JOHN HOLMS.

Witnesses:

D. G. HoLMss, GILBnRT LARAWAY. 

